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Subject:RE: cross-reference markers and online help From:"Swallow, William" <WSwallow -at- courion -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 21 May 2001 08:18:38 -0400
Edit the cross-reference definition. Get rid of <$paratext> and just use the
word "manual" (no quotes). Then use that cross-reference definition when
linking to the manual's title. You should just get the word "manual" in your
output... hyperlinked, of course.
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:: -----Original Message-----
:: From: Lori Lake [mailto:LLake -at- rpmtec -dot- com]
:: I am trying to create a cross-reference marker using
:: FrameMaker 6.0 that
:: will allow a portion of a sentence to be inserted.
:: What I'm finding is, that when I insert the
:: cross-reference, the entire
:: title of the manual is inserted (not just the word manual).
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